</p> -->
<p>
<a name="align"><strong>Superposing structures based on
- their aligned sequences</strong></a><br> If several structures are
- available on the alignment, you may add additional structures to an
- existing Jmol view by selecting their entry in the appropriate
- pop-up menu. Jalview will ask you if you wish to add the structure
- to the existing alignment, and if you do, it will import and
- superimpose the new PDB file using the corresponding positions from
- the alignment. If the alignment is subsequently edited, you can use
- the <a href="#sAlign"><em>Jmol→Align</em></a> menu option from
- the menu bar of the structure view window to superpose the
- structures using the updated alignment.<br> <em>Sequence
+ their aligned sequences</strong></a><br> If several structures are shown
+ in a view, you can superimpose them using the corresponding
+ positions from the alignment via the <a href="#sAlign"><em>Jmol→Align</em></a>
+ menu option from the menu bar of the structure view window. <br> <em>Sequence
based structure superposition was added in Jalview 2.6</em>
</p>
<p>
<body>
<p>
- <strong>Structure Chooser</strong>
+ <strong>Structure Chooser Dialog Box</strong>
</p>
<p>
- The Structure Chooser interface allows you to interactively select
- which PDB structures to view for the currently selected set of
+ The Structure Chooser allows you to select
+ 3D structures to view for the currently selected set of
sequences. It is opened by selecting the <strong>"3D
- Structure Data.."</strong> option from the Sequence ID panel's <a
+ Structure Data..."</strong> option from the Sequence ID panel's <a
href="../menus/popupMenu.html">pop-up menu</a>. The dialog
provides:
</p>
<p>
<strong>Selecting and Viewing Structures</strong>
</p>
+ <p>The drop-down menu offers different options for structure
+ discovery; the 'Cached' view is shown automatically if existing
+ structure data has been imported for the selected sequences, and if
+ none is available, the import PDB/mmCIF file options are shown.</p>
<p>
Once one or more structures have been selected, pressing the <strong>View</strong>
- button will import them into <a
+ or <strong>Add</strong> button will import them <a
href="viewingpdbs.html#afterviewbutton">a new or existing
- structure view</a>.
+ structure view</a>. When multiple views are available, use the
+ drop-down menu to pick the target viewer for the structures.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Automated discovery of structure data</strong>
criteria (e.g. worst quality rather than best).</p>
<p>
- <img src="schooser_main.png" style="width: 464px; height: 369px;">
+ <img src="schooser_main.png" style="width: 499px; height: 437px;">
<!-- <p><img src="schooser_config.png" style="width: 463px; height: 369px; ">
<p><img src="schooser_drop-down.png" style="width: 464px; height: 368px; ">
<p><img src="schooser_enter-id.png" style="width: 467px; height: 373px; ">
<p><img src="schooser_from-file.png" style="width: 468px; height: 370px; ">
<p><img src="schooser_cached.png"> -->
- <br>The screenshot above shows the Structure Chooser interface
- along with the meta-data of auto-discovered structures for the
- sample alignment. If no structures were
- auto-discovered, options for manually associating PDB records will be shown (see below).
- <p>
+ <br>The screenshot above shows the Structure Chooser displayed after
+ selecting all the sequences in the Jalview example project. If no
+ structures were auto-discovered, options for manually associating
+ PDB records will be shown (see below).<p>
<strong>Exploration of meta-data for available structures</strong>
</p>
<p>Information on each structure available is displayed in columns
Columns' tab and tick the columns which you want to see.</p>
<p>
<img src="schooser_enter-id.png"
- style="width: 464px; height: 369px;">
+ style="width: 464px; height: 173px;">
<br/>
<strong>Manual selection/association of PDB files with
Sequences</strong>
provided it is installed and can be launched by Jalview. The default
viewer can be configured in the <a href="preferences.html#structure">Structure
tab</a> in the <strong>Tools→Preferences</strong> dialog box.
+
<p>
Structure data imported into Jalview can also be processed to
display secondary structure and temperature factor annotation. See
for more information.
</p>
<p>
- <strong><a name="afterviewbutton">After pressing the
- 'View' button in the Structure Chooser</a></strong><br /> The behaviour of
- the 'View' button depends on the number of structures selected, and
- whether structure views already exist for the selected structures or
- aligned sequences.
+ <img src="schooser_viewbutton.png"
+ style="width: 465px; height: 81px" /><br/> <strong><a
+ name="afterviewbutton">Controlling where the new structures
+ will be shown</a></strong>
+ <br />The Structure Chooser offers several options
+ for viewing a structure. <br/><strong>New View</strong> will open a new
+ structure viewer for the selected structures, but if there are views
+ already open, you can select which one to use, and press the <strong>Add</strong>
+ button. Jalview can automatically superimpose new structures based
+ on the linked alignments - but if this is not desirable, simple
+ un-tick the <strong>Superpose Structures</strong> checkbox.
+
</p>
- <p>If multiple structures are selected, then Jalview will always
- create a new structure view. The selected structures will be
- imported into this view, and superposed with the matched positions
- from the aligned sequences. A message in the structure viewer's
- status bar will be shown if not enough aligned columns were
- available to perform a superposition.</p>
<p>
- If a <strong>single</strong> PDB structure is selected, one of the
- following will happen:
+ <em>Superposing structures</em><br/>Jalview superposes structures using
+ the visible portions of any associated sequence alignments. A
+ message in the structure viewer's status bar will be shown if not
+ enough aligned columns were available to perform a superposition.
</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>If no structures are open, then an interactive display of
- the structure will be opened in a new window.</li>
-
- <li>If another structure is already shown for the current
- alignment, then you will be asked if you want to add and <a
- href="jmol.html#align"></a> to the structure in the existing view.
- (<em>new feature in Jalview 2.6</em>).
- </li>
-
- <li>If the structure is already shown, then you will be
- prompted to associate the sequence with an existing view of the
- selected structure. This is useful when working with multi-domain
- or multi-chain PDB files.</li>
-
- <li style="list-style: none">See the <a href="jmol.html">Jmol
- </a> and <a href="chimera.html">Chimera</a> PDB viewer help pages for
- more information about the display.
- </li>
- </ul>
-
+ <p>
+ See the <a href="jmol.html">Jmol
+ </a> and <a href="chimera.html">Chimera</a> help pages for
+ more information about their capabilities.</p>
+
<p>
<strong>Retrieving sequences from the PDB</strong><br>You can